sports
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Wait, Did Floyd Mayweather Jr. Just Get Out-Mayweathered by Conor McGregor?
The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor spectacle officially began Tuesday as the two fighters kicked off their four-stop tour in Los Angeles to promote Mayweather’s Aug. 26 brutal assault of the MMA fighter. Unless the fighting contract requires Mayweather to box McGregor with one arm tied to his foot, this will not be an even remotely entertaining…
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James Harden Signs 4-Year, $228,000,000 Extension With Houston Rockets. Will He Lead Their Super Team?
James Harden, the bearded dynamo guard for the Houston Rockets, signed a four-year extension with his team Saturday that will earn him a total of $228 million over the next six years. Do you think Khloé Kardashian has hit him up with that “Hey big head” message yet? Because I know I did. According to…
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The Real Reason Floyd Mayweather Is Fighting Conor McGregor
Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. is rich. Superrich. He’s also really shallow and vapid. As such, he has 100 girlfriends and almost as many cars. It’s hard to keep up with the reported $700 million he’s made during his fight career, but at one point, Mayweather was burning $100 bills in the club. Well, it turns…
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Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers: Are a Man’s Pride and a Father’s Love Ruining a Basketball Franchise?
Let me preface all of this by saying that I am a diehard Los Angeles Lakers fan. The Clippers will always be the JV squad in this city, and everyone knows it. It doesn’t matter how close they get to winning a championship or how bad a season the Lakers are having—this city rides for…
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How Much Do Black Folks Owe Colin Kaepernick?
Colin Kaepernick went from cornrowed, flashy-footed quarterback to full-on Afroed protester in one season. One minute he was the hot boy who women were fawning over, then he sat down during the national anthem and became the hot boy with a mind and a blowout that would make the most righteous 1960s revolutionary jealous. And…
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Steph Curry Scores Richest Deal in NBA History With $200,000,000 Contract
He might not be Michael Jordan, or even LeBron James, but Steph Curry has just agreed to what amounts to the richest deal in NBA history. The five-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is worth $201 million with no options, as confirmed by Curry’s agent Jeff Austin of Octagon. USA Today reports that Curry…
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Serena Williams Beats Everyone On The Court, But Just Can't Win With White People And Black Men
I want to say that the first time that I heard Serena Williams called a man was middle school. I can’t say that with absolute certainty as middle school is generally universally awful and grades six through eight are a haze of mob mentality and chocolate milk but nonetheless, it wasn’t until my teen years…
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Strong Enough for a Man, Made (as) a Woman: John McEnroe, Serena Williams and the Erasure of Black Female Excellence
“If [Serena] played the men’s circuit, she’d be, like, 700 in the world.” —John McEnroe “If I were a man, then it wouldn’t be any sort of question.” —Serena Williams John McEnroe cannot be serious. He couldn’t seriously think that he could question or attempt to qualify the greatness of the goddess known as Serena…
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A Tale of 2 Brothers: 1 Destined for the NBA, the Other a Hater
Mohamed Bamba is the type of player college coaches drool over. He’s a 7-foot-tall big man with a 7-foot-9 wingspan who was ranked No. 3 in the ESPN 100 rankings of players for 2017. He’s a McDonald’s All-American, and the type of player who can single-handedly change a program’s charted course. In fact, ESPN wrote…
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‘Form NBA Voltron!’ Chris Paul Headed to Houston Rockets
This NBA season and the next could see the making of the mega-teams. In a blockbuster trade announced Wednesday, Chris Paul is leaving the Los Angeles Clippers to join forces with James Harden and the Houston Rockets. According to ESPN, the Rockets will send Sam Dekker, Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams to the Clippers for…